Liberty Appoints New Head of European Claims

LONDON, England, Jan. 9 -- Liberty Specialty Markets, a specialty and commercial insurance and reinsurance provider, which is a part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, issued the following news release:

Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, is pleased to announce the appointment of Renske Franken-le-Clercq as Head of European Claims for Commercial and Specialty business written in LSM's European branches outside London.

Based in The Hague, Renske will join LSM's claims leadership team reporting to Mike Gillett, Head of Claims for LSM, and to Kadidja Sinz, Head of Europe for LSM. This dual reporting line reflects LSM's commitment to ensuring that its claims and underwriting teams work closely together to enable our European customers and brokers to benefit from a fully co-ordinated, class claims service.

Prior to her new role, Renske was Claims Manager for LSM in The Hague for six years.

LSM Head of Claims Mike Gillett said:

"I am delighted that Renske has accepted this new role. It's always rewarding to be able to fill senior positions from within the business and Renske's promotion is testament to the depth of talent that we have in our claims operations within Europe.

"Kadidja and I look forward to working with Renske in the continued development of a European claims proposition that fully supports the ambition of LSM in the region."